Table 1.
Age and sex-standardised prevalence, prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of social determinants of health, by Aboriginal status
| Indicator | Prevalence (%) | Prevalence ratio (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-adjusted | Crude | |||||
| Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal (95% CI) | p value | |
| Socioeconomic determinants | ||||||
| Income less than $80,000 | 63.7 | 81.1 | 79.6 | 1.00 | 1.2 (1.1-1.3) | <0.001 |
| Income less than $40,000 | 32.4 | 48.4 | 44.1 | 1.00 | 1.4 (1.2-1.7) | <0.001 |
| Income less than $20,000 | 12.4 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 1.00 | 1.6 (1.1-2.3) | 0.014 |
| Unemployed | 3.6 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 1.00 | 2.4 (1.4-4.2) | 0.001 |
| Not in labour force | 35.5 | 39.2 | 33.9 | 1.00 | 1.1 (0.9-1.3) | 0.444 |
| Unable to work | 2.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 1.00 | 2.5 (1.6-4.0) | <0.001 |
| Psychosocial risk factors | ||||||
| Food insecure | 5.4 | 17.7 | 20.3 | 1.00 | 3.4 (2.3-5.1) | <0.001 |
| High/very high psychological distressa | 11.6 | 22.6 | 25.3 | 1.00 | 2.1 (1.5-2.9) | <0.001 |
| Very high psychological distressb | 3.1 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 1.00 | 4.4 (2.6-7.4) | <0.001 |
| Financial stressc | 11.8 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 1.00 | 1.7 (1.2-2.4) | 0.002 |
| Social capital | ||||||
| Lived in neighbourhood less than 1 year | 8.3 | 14.8 | 19.4 | 1.00 | 2.0 (1.3-3.0) | 0.001 |
| Unable to get help from family | 7.2 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 2.1 (1.4-3.2) | <0.001 |
| Unable to get help from neighbours | 25.4 | 26.8 | 28.8 | 1.00 | 1.1 (0.8-1.4) | 0.758 |
| Unable to get help from friends | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.00 | 0.7 (0.4-1.3) | 0.231 |
| Attended support group meeting | 10.0 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 1.00 | 1.4 (1.0-2.1) | 0.084 |
| Unable to access community services or resources | 13.5 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 1.00 | 1.1 (0.7-1.7) | 0.626 |
| Did not believe most people could be trusted (social trust) | 20.9 | 27.3 | 29.2 | 1.00 | 1.4 (1.0-1.8) | 0.035 |
| Did not feel valued by society (civic trust) | 13.2 | 18.9 | 20.1 | 1.00 | 1.6 (1.1-2.3) | 0.027 |
| NOT a member of a groupd | 38.9 | 47.6 | 49.1 | 1.00 | 1.3 (1.0-1.5) | 0.016 |
aKessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) score ≥22.
bK10 score ≥30.
cUnable to raise $2,000 within two days in an emergency.
dSports, church, school, professional or other community action group.